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April 2014 ECHO CHAMBER Archives

A heavy dubwise show…with tons of new releases, and great mix from Addis Pablo (son of Augustus Pablo). The new releases included “The Global Dream LP” from N-Tone Dub; “The Closet Is Open” from Maverick Mista Majah P; “Short Change EP” from The Skints; “Libation” from Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars; “The Nairobian Riddim” album (featuring “Me A Feel It” from Asante Amen); “Jericho / Weep Not EP” from Don Fe; “Circles EP” from sUb_modU; “The Remixes” from Boddhi Satva; plus an unreleased single from E.R.S., and the new single “D-Stress” from Rebelution. On top of all this new stuff, we featured music from Desmond “Faada” Johnson, Scratchylus, Mikey Dread, The Breadwinners, New Age Steppers, The Orb, John Brown’s Body, Easy Star All Stars, The Scientist/Ted Sirota, Ranking Ann, The Selecter, Shiina Ringo, Mpls. Dub Ensemble, and more…

Tonight, as part of KFAI’s spring pledge drive, the Echo Chamber presented our annual “Free the Marijuana” special. It was a crazy kind of night….in a cloud of ganja smoke… Alright, OK…so there wasn’t really any ganja smoke in the studio (too bad), just plenty of ganja-inspired reggae and dub, with some great soundbytes from “Reefer Madness”. A special part of tonight’s program was the The Groove Thief’s “Stepping Between Reggae and Dub Vol. 4” ganja-filled mix (which we played most of).

Another big night of new dubwise releases, new world music releases, and even a track from Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu. First up was the excellent double-CD which is raising money for a good cause: “Help in Dub for Phillippines” (from Spirit of Umoja/Virlanie). I found out about this new dub compilation (compiled by Mighty Clem and mastered by Russ Disciple) on the Culture Dub site and bought it through ulule.com. Next up was the lovely new release just in time for summer – Hollie Cook’s album “Twice” (on Mr. Bongo). This one I bought through the pre-order at PledgeMusic – and my “pledge” got me the new album digitally, plus her first 2 albums sent via snail-mail. Another fresh release making its debut was the rootical “Suburban Roots” release from Dublaw (on Svaha Sound). More choice new releases tonight from Ricky Chaplin, Version Big-Fi, Thomas Blondet, Tribal Realities, Empress Ayeola, Daleth Karl ft. Joe Peng, Susheela Raman (the excellent “Queen Between” album), El Remolon, Violons Barbares, Dubsynaticx, and Teebs. And rounding out the show were grooves from Katchafire (who were just in town), LKJ, Dubcall, T.U.G.G., Kalya Scintilla, DJ Tricky Cris, Mickey Hart, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Ranking Ann, King Tubby, Androcell, and more…